Question : 17.2   The Supply of Labor 1) An individual’s labor supply curve : 1387976

 

17.2   The Supply of Labor

 

1) An individual’s labor supply curve shows

A) the maximum wage rates offered to that individual by various potential employers.

B) the relationship between wages and the quantity of labor that she is willing to supply.

C) the relationship between wages and the quantity of labor that a firm is willing to employ.

D) the relationship between the quantity of hours worked and total income earned by that individual.

 

 

2) The labor supply for an industry would decrease if

A) the wage rate falls.

B) the percentage of the population from age 16 to 65 decreases.

C) the government welcomes foreign workers into the country.

D) a greater percentage of women want to work outside the home.

 

 

3) How will an increase in population affect the labor market?

A) It will shift the market supply curve.

B) It will cause a decrease in the quantity of labor demanded.

C) It will increase the supply of jobs.

D) It will increase the opportunity cost of leisure.

 

4) All of the following will shift the labor supply curve except

A) an increase in labor force participation rate among women.

B) an increase in the average age of retirement.

C) an increase in the wage rate.

D) a change in a country’s immigration policy.

 

 

5) Which of the following best explains why unemployment rates are higher in the European economies than in the United States?

A) More Europeans go to school fulltime and are therefore not able to participate in the labor market.

B) Unemployment benefits are more generous in Europe than in the United States.

C) Workers in Europe are less productive than workers in the United States.

D) European industries pay a lower wage rate than industries in the United States.

 

 

6) If Molly Bee increases her work hours when her wage increases, then

A) the income effect of the wage increase outweighs the substitution effect.

B) the substitution effect of the wage increase outweighs the income effect.

C) leisure is an inferior good to Molly.

D) Molly is spending beyond her means.

 

7) If Alan Shaw reduces his work hours when his salary increases, then

A) the income effect of his salary increase dominates the substitution effect.

B) the substitution effect of his salary increase dominates the income effect.

C) the income effect of his salary increase is completely offset by the substitution effect.

D) leisure is an inferior good to Alan.

 

 

8) At low wages, the labor supply curve for most people slopes upward because

A) the supply of labor is perfectly inelastic at low wages.

B) as wages increase, the opportunity cost of leisure increases.

C) as wages increase, income also increases unless hours worked decrease.

D) the demand for labor is perfectly elastic at low wages.

 

 

9) The substitution effect of a wage increase is observed when

A) the higher wage income causes workers to take more leisure and work less.

B) leisure’s higher opportunity cost causes workers to take less leisure and work more.

C) the higher wage income causes workers to take more leisure and work more.

D) leisure’s higher opportunity cost causes workers to take more leisure and work less.

 

 

10) The income effect of a wage increase is observed when

A) the higher wage income causes workers to take more leisure and work less.

B) leisure’s higher opportunity cost causes workers to take less leisure and work more.

C) the higher wage income causes workers to take less leisure and work more.

D) leisure’s higher opportunity cost causes workers to take more leisure and work less.

 

11) The combined effect (both income and substitution) of a wage increase is that

A) the substitution effect always dominates, leading to more work at a higher wage.

B) the income effect always dominates, leading to less work at a higher wage.

C) if the substitution effect outweighs the income effect, the labor supply curve slopes upward, but if the income effect outweighs the substitution effect, the labor supply curve is backward bending.

D) if the substitution effect outweighs the income effect, the labor supply curve is backward bending, but if the income effect outweighs the substitution effect, the labor supply curve slopes upward.